]]>http://www.religionnews.com/2015/03/02/southern-baptists-urge-obama-defend-least-isis/feed/9From competition to compassion, a university president leads the wayhttp://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/25/competition-compassion-university-president-leads-way/
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/25/competition-compassion-university-president-leads-way/#commentsWed, 25 Feb 2015 19:48:05 +0000http://www.religionnews.com/?p=121458(RNS) “Each of the world’s religions has some variation of the golden rule,” she said in an interview. “I really see that the greatest part of education is to recognize that in many important ways you are me and I am you.”

]]>http://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/25/competition-compassion-university-president-leads-way/feed/0Family Christian Stores seeks bankruptcy protectionhttp://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/19/family-christian-stores-seeks-bankruptcy-protection/
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/19/family-christian-stores-seeks-bankruptcy-protection/#commentsThu, 19 Feb 2015 20:45:35 +0000http://www.religionnews.com/?p=121097(RNS) The chain, which has stores in 36 states, had $230 million in sales in 2014, down from $305 million in 2008.

]]>http://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/19/family-christian-stores-seeks-bankruptcy-protection/feed/1Churches on alcohol and leadership: A samplinghttp://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/12/churches-alcohol-leadership-sampling/
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/12/churches-alcohol-leadership-sampling/#commentsThu, 12 Feb 2015 20:30:16 +0000http://www.religionnews.com/?p=120369(RNS) How do some of the nation’s Christian denominations address alcoholism among their leaders? Here’s a sampling.

]]>http://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/12/churches-alcohol-leadership-sampling/feed/5Obama condemns ‘distorted’ faith at National Prayer Breakfasthttp://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/05/obama-condemns-distorted-faith-national-prayer-breakfast/
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/05/obama-condemns-distorted-faith-national-prayer-breakfast/#commentsThu, 05 Feb 2015 16:57:47 +0000http://www.religionnews.com/?p=119677WASHINGTON (RNS) “As people of faith we are summoned to push back against those who try to distort our religion -- any religion -- for their own nihilistic ends,” Obama said.

]]>http://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/05/obama-condemns-distorted-faith-national-prayer-breakfast/feed/102Religious college presidents agree on ‘calling’ and common threats to their schoolshttp://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/03/religious-college-presidents-agree-calling-common-threats-schools/
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/03/religious-college-presidents-agree-calling-common-threats-schools/#commentsTue, 03 Feb 2015 20:55:56 +0000http://www.religionnews.com/?p=119470WASHINGTON (RNS) The top officials of Baylor University, Catholic University of America and Yeshiva University will lead a discussion in Washington on the “calling” of faith-based universities.

]]>http://www.religionnews.com/2015/02/03/religious-college-presidents-agree-calling-common-threats-schools/feed/1Religious and secular advocates urge IRS to clarify rules on political endorsements from the pulpithttp://www.religionnews.com/2015/01/29/religious-secular-advocates-urge-irs-clarify-rules-political-endorsements-pulpit/
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/01/29/religious-secular-advocates-urge-irs-clarify-rules-political-endorsements-pulpit/#commentsThu, 29 Jan 2015 21:07:08 +0000http://www.religionnews.com/?p=119054WASHINGTON (RNS) Current IRS rules, dating to 1954, permit clergy to address issues but prohibit candidate endorsements. But those rules are routinely broken with little or no consequence.

]]>http://www.religionnews.com/2015/01/29/religious-secular-advocates-urge-irs-clarify-rules-political-endorsements-pulpit/feed/13Priced out of New York, American Bible Society decamps to Philadelphiahttp://www.religionnews.com/2015/01/28/priced-new-york-american-bible-society-decamps-philadelphia/
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/01/28/priced-new-york-american-bible-society-decamps-philadelphia/#commentsWed, 28 Jan 2015 16:29:09 +0000http://www.religionnews.com/?p=118868(RNS) The society, which supports Bible reading and seeks to have the sacred text translated into all the world’s languages, expects to have a staff of more than 200 in Philadelphia.

]]>http://www.religionnews.com/2015/01/28/priced-new-york-american-bible-society-decamps-philadelphia/feed/8Most Americans are clueless about Sikhshttp://www.religionnews.com/2015/01/26/americans-clueless-sikhs/
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/01/26/americans-clueless-sikhs/#commentsMon, 26 Jan 2015 19:55:42 +0000http://www.religionnews.com/?p=118635WASHINGTON (RNS) The survey found that 11 percent of Americans said they were close friends with a Sikh person; 31 percent said they had never interacted with a Sikh.